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Ruben Rivera

Padres Career team 1997 to 2000
Number #21
Position Center Fielder
Bats Right
Throws Right
Height 6' 3"
Weight 200 lbs
Birth Place La Chorrera, Panama
Born Nov 14, 1973

Key Insights

2003
One opponent brings the best out of him

Rivera has hit .476/.500/1.048 against Shawn Estes in 22 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

10 for 21 with 3 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .651 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Randy Johnson has struck Rivera out 13 times in 23 plate appearances, 56.5% of everything between them.

13 strikeouts in 23 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the TOR, Rivera has hit .083 and slugged .083 over 25 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

2 hits, 0 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .429 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
One opponent he has never solved, not once

Rivera has never got a hit off Al Leiter: 0 for 18 across 24 plate appearances.

9 strikeouts and 5 walks in those 24 plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Rivera has hit 3 home runs off Ron Villone, one every 6.3 plate appearances they have shared.

19 career plate appearances against him.
Nobody has seen more of him than this opponent

No pitcher has seen Rivera more often than Brian Bohanon: 26 plate appearances, in which Rivera has hit .174/.269/.348.

4 hits, 1 home run and 6 strikeouts across 26 plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 14, 1973
Birth Place La Chorrera, Panama
Height 6' 3"
Weight 200 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right